Premise /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
July / August 2001
... practitioners provided the MSOC for only 58.1% and 59.7% of all the patients they saw. In other words, almost half ... ACGs in BC ACGs have been extensively evaluated in the US [7] and are now considered the gold standard case-mix ... patients 790 451 Percentage of total patients 58.1% 59.7% Total MSP payments to all MDs for GP services for ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Janet Henderson, MB, BCh
September 2001
... peak concentrations about 3 hours after administration. [7] It does not have to be taken with food, although a ... adults, and for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhoea. [7] Contraindications This drug is contraindicated in those ... be prescribed during the third trimester of pregnancy. [7] Possible drug interactions include ACE inhibitors, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Hugh Freeman, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACG
September 2001
... enteropathy, nontropical sprue) has been defined [ 7 ] as a chronic disorder with a characteristic but ... numbers of intra-epithelial lymphocytes ( Figure 2 ).[ 7 ] A number of small intestinal disorders may have a similar ... ( Table 1 ) before celiac disease can be diagnosed.[ 7,8 ] Demonstrated improvement as a result of a gluten-free ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Joseph Noone, MD, LRCP&SI, FRCPC
September 2001
... for use before, during, and after a violent act. 7. Debriefing and quality improvement Debriefing as a tool ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Diana Carter, MBBS
October 2001
... or more utilization of health services by women. [ 4-7] Women who used health services extensively before age 45 ... who experience early menopause or surgical menopause. [ 7] One study has shown high levels of psychiatric morbidity ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Darlene M.S. Hammell, MD
October 2001
... data regarding CHD were skewed by a healthy-user bias; [ 7] that is, that the predominantly white, educated, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: R.C. Offer, MD, FRCPC, FACR
October 2001
... after menopause has little impact on later fracture risk [ 7] because accelerated bone loss follows the ... fracture is at very high risk of new fractures (7% per year). Based on current efficacy data and a ... may eventually lead to weaker bone. Thus far, the 7-year data on alendronate are very reassuring, with ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Suzanne Montemuro, MD, CCFP
October 2001
... has cardioprotective and osteoprotective effects. [ 3,4,7,8] Both regular aerobic exercise [ 9] and periodic deep ... estrogen Transdermal estrogen Lipoproteins Increased HDL-C 7% – 15% Decreased LDL-C 8% – 15% Decreased Lp (a) 14% ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: B. Strauss, RN, BScN, MSc
November 2001
... of autism in each birth cohort from 1988 to 1993. [ 7] Patja and colleagues reviewed surveillance reports of ... within the same year and subsequent ulcerative colitis (OR 7.47, 95% CI = 2.42–23.06) and Crohn’s disease (OR 4.27, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG
November 2001
... cycles of 3-days-on therapy and 3-days-off therapy. [ 7] • Twice-weekly administration of medroxyprogesterone ... tablets) 0.625 mg (estrogen) 2.5 mg (progestin) $7.49 Postmenopausal women wishing to use hormone replacement ...